Lane Kirkland Gillespie

• PhD Criminology
• Associate Professor at University of Nebraska at Omaha

Disparities in the administration of capital punishment are a prominent social and political issue. Recent studies indicate that victim characteristics of sex and race produce interactive effects on capital-sentencing outcomes. Extending this line of research, the current analysis explores the intersection of victim sex with victim conduct and vict...

Recent research has been focused on the portrayal of intimate partner homicides in the news media with specific emphasis on the most commonly occurring type, femicides (the murder of a female intimate partner by a male intimate partner). One important finding in the analysis of intimate partner homicide is the striking number of femicides that are...

Public health officials have developed and disseminated recommendations for the responsible reporting of suicide in an effort to dispel myths about suicide-completers and minimize contagion effects. However, recommendations as to the reporting of homicide-suicide events have not been a priority in these initiatives. Recent research has examined how...

The news media play a substantial role in shaping society's perceptions of social issues, including domestic violence. However, minimal research has been conducted to examine whether news media frame stories of femicide within the context of domestic violence. Using frame analysis, the present research compares newspaper articles representing 113 c...

Objective: We examined whether U.S. college students across multiple disability types were at an increased risk for sexual victimization (compared with students without disability) and whether disability type or registration with the accessibility office was associated with odds of reporting sexual victimization experiences to any campus-designated...

Indigenous people experience a higher rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) than other racial/ethnic groups; however, limited research examines IPV among this population. In collaboration with a tribe in the western United States, this study surveyed a sample of Indigenous people ( N = 27) to learn about their experiences with victimization. Resu...

This report provides an overview of the prevalence of disabilities among people in Idaho using both American Community Survey (1-year and 5-year estimates) and Behavioral Risk Surveillance System data. Comparisons to national statistics as well as Mountain West states and a set of comparison states are also included for context.

This report details the findings of a statewide survey examining service availability for crime victims with disabilities in Idaho.

This report examines the potential effects of Idaho's series of sexual assault kit statutes (SAKI) on the processing of sex crime cases in Idaho (2016-2019). In addition, data allowed for comparative analyses of the effects of sexual assault kits on case processing.

This report details the findings of a statewide survey of crime survivors in Idaho examining their needs and experiences in 2020-2022.

This report details the results of a statewide survey of crime victim service providers in Idaho which examined populations served, services provided, needs, and barriers in 2020. This is a follow-up to a similar study we conducted in 2020.

House Concurrent Resolution No. 33 (HCR33) was introduced in the Health and Welfare Committee, and passed by both houses of the Legislature in March 2020. HCR33 recognizes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) as a crisis in Idaho, designates May 5th as a day of awareness for MMIP, and supports efforts to further investigate incidence rate...

Objective: Few studies have compared measures of sexual misconduct reporting, and there are few assessments of campus policies on reporting. Methods: Using data from New York institutions of higher education (IHEs) (N = 209) we compare the number of sexual misconduct incidents reported in Annual Security Reports (ASRs) and to Title IX coordinato...

A paucity of studies has examined incidents of sexual misconduct reported to Title IX coordinators at institutions of higher education (IHEs) or examined differences across types of IHEs. We used 2018 data from incidents of sexual misconduct (N = 3,829) reported to Title IX coordinators at IHEs in New York (N = 209) to examine the context, processe...

The role of marriage has been extensively studied for its positive impacts on male desistance. However, the role of romantic partners for women is less understood. Do partners exert a prosocial “protective” effect or are they criminogenic? The present study empirically drills down on this question. Specifically, we assess the character and quality...

This report details the findings of a statewide survey of crime victim service providers in Idaho which examined populations served, services provided, needs, and barriers in 2019.

Multiple forms of outreach were used to create our focus group sample of policing and victim services agencies with representation from each of the 8 judicial districts in Idaho. Two researchers conducted all group interviews with one leading the structured interview and the other taking notes on a laptop. Participants were offered were offered ano...

In June 2019, the Idaho Supreme Court, in the Clarke decision, ruled that warrantless arrests in misdemeanor domestic violence incidents were unconstitutional, immediately ending 30 years of policing practice in responding to domestic violence. This report provides an overview of focus groups conducted with policing and victim services professional...

The Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) aims to empower law enforcement officers to screen victims of domestic violence for potential lethality and connect them to service providers. This research surveyed domestic violence victims seeking legal services ( n = 141) to assess whether LAP receipt is associated with greater rates of self-protective mea...

This study uses group-based trajectory analysis and data from the Pathways to Desistance Study to examine the prevalence and patterns of intimate partner victimization, offending, and overlap among justice-involved adolescents (i.e., general offenders) who reported dating (n = 909); regression analysis was further utilized to assess predictors of i...

The crime victims’ rights movement has led to the development of advocacy, rights, and services for crime victims. A growing body of research has examined victim service provision using victim/client samples and complementary research has utilized service provider samples. The latter have focused on crime victim service providers’ (VSPs) perception...

Police response to domestic violence (DV) has continued to change and expand over the past several decades. Although DV was originally considered a private matter, it now represents one of the most common calls for service received by police agencies. While police response to DV incidents has improved substantially, intervention when children are p...

Delinquency occurs more frequently in some neighborhoods than in others, with certain areas accounting for a high proportion of offenses. Social scientists and criminologists have been examining this phenomenon since the early 1900s, trying to determine why crime tends to cluster in these specific locations. Evolving from the Chicago School and the...

Devil's Island is located in the Atlantic off the coast of South America. It was one of France's first penal colonies and was known for holding political convicts, such as Alfred Dreyfus and Henri “Papillon” Charrière. Life on Devil's Island has been referred to as a fate worse than death, as many prisoners suffered from disease and starvation. Aft...

Assessments of the relationship between gender equality and gendered homicide have led to the development of two primary literatures: the first exploring backlash and amelioration effects, and the second examining the influence of exposure reduction. In addition, a third body of research has examined differences in intimate partner homicide (IPH) b...

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The relationship between family dynamics and crime has been a central focus in the criminological tradition. Research exploring family disorganization and crime has examined the influence of family structure and family functioning on individual delinquent behavior, as well as the influence of family structure on crime at the community level. Studie...

In spite of the ruling in Atkins v. Virginia (2002), concerns remain that individuals with mental illness and reduced capacity are eligible for the death penalty. When mental illness or reduced capacity is not enough to preclude death-eligibility, these factors are often discussed at the sentencing phase as mitigators. Mitigation remains an under-r...

The news media help shape society’s perception of social problems as well as public opinion of victims and offenders. Currently, there is extensive research devoted to the media’s portrayal of violence against women but very little examination of femicide (for purposes of this research, defined as the murder of female intimate partners). Using news...